Clipping the beak or talons of a bird.
The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.
The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.
A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment.
A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background.
The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy.
The start/finish line.
A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.
Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick.
Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots.
A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
To lash with a whip or strap.
To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.
To mark with stripes.